Description for Little Beauty
paperback. Signed by the author. Clean copy showing some age and light shelf wear. Remains a very good copy
1975: Laura Quinn has spent her life on the remote and beautiful Inis Miol Mor - Whale Island - off the west coast of Ireland. After the death of her parents, and faced with the continuing reluctance of her lover, Martin, to marry her, she realizes she needs to leave the island for her life really to begin. She accepts a job as a housekeeper with a wealthy couple on the mainland. But a year later, Laura is back, and this time she is not alone. She has at last found the love of her life: a baby son named ... Read more
1975: Laura Quinn has spent her life on the remote and beautiful Inis Miol Mor - Whale Island - off the west coast of Ireland. After the death of her parents, and faced with the continuing reluctance of her lover, Martin, to marry her, she realizes she needs to leave the island for her life really to begin. She accepts a job as a housekeeper with a wealthy couple on the mainland. But a year later, Laura is back, and this time she is not alone. She has at last found the love of her life: a baby son named ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Doubleday Ireland
Condition
Used, Very Good
Signed by the author
Yes
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Dublin, Ireland
ISBN
9781781620014
SKU
KMK0022345
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Alison Jameson
Alison Jameson is an Irish writer who studied English Literature at University College Dublin and went on to work in the advertising industry for many years. She now writes full-time, and has published two previous novels, This Man and Me ( which was nominated for the prestigious IMPAC Award) and Under My Skin.
Reviews for Little Beauty
"A starkly beautiful and haunting work" Donal Ryan "Finely crafted and featuring a brilliantly complicated heroine, Jameson's heartbreaking third novel is a moving story about social mores and the power of parental love." Irish Times "Original characters and flinty dialogue ... [a] darkly stylish tale of human behaviour" The Sunday Times "Funny, engaging and ultimately heart-breaking ... an impressive portrayal ... Read more